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HER Number:MDV125788
Name:Hut circle south of Down Tor, Walkhampton

Summary

Two newly discovered (2008) huts lie lower down the slope to the other three at SX5785 6913 and SX5793 6910. They are both sub-oval with boulder-stone walls on average 0.5 metres high and with an entrance in the south-east side (see also MDV125787).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 579 690
Map Sheet:SX56NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWalkhampton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWALKHAMPTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 165
  • Pastscape: 438965

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-DT3 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 10/06/2019. The circle is covered in bracken There are some ill defined pathe running across the circle. Photo taken

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-DT3 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Visited 10/06/2019. Photo taken giving a general view looking east north east

National Monuments Record, 2019, Pastscape, 2008 data (Website). SDV362732.

A total of five hut circles have now been identified on the exposed, boulder-covered hillslope below Down Tor.
Two newly discovered huts lie lower down the slope to the other three at SX5785 6913 and SX5793 6910. They are both sub-oval with boulder-stone walls on average 0.5 metres high and with an entrance in the south-east side. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale (citing Fletcher, M., 06/01/2008, English Heritage Field Investigators Comments).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV362732Website: National Monuments Record. 2019. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 2008 data. [Mapped feature: #129650 ]
SDV362781Worksheet: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. WLK-DT3.
SDV363073Photograph: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording photographs. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. WLK-DT3.

Associated Monuments

MDV125787Related to: Hut circle south of Down Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV53602Related to: Stone hut circle 240 metres south of Down Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)
MDV28532Related to: Two stone hut circles 160 metres south of Down Tor, Walkhampton (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

Date Last Edited:Apr 12 2021 11:22AM